Cooking range



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COOKING RANGE Filed June 14, 1959 3 Sheets-Sheen?I 3 Patented ct. 14, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE 2,259,016 p COOKING RANGEy Eugene L. Baker, Taunton, Mass.Y

Application June 14, 19391,SerialNo. 279,031

6 Claims.

This invention relates to cooking ranges and *I i constructed as to be readily assembled into a strong and compact unit of pleasing appearance. The primary object of my invention is to provide a new and improved range constructed more particularly to embody these desirable features.

My improved range embodies a base supporting thereon a body comprising an oil burner section and a gas burner section, the base being of simple box-like form and arranged to locate and support the oil burner section in fixed and se- :ure position on one end portion thereof and the two sections being so constructed that the gas burner section can be readily seated on the oil burner section in proper position on the base. The exterior faces of the front and end Walls of my improved range are substantially plane and enameled surfaces, the front wall comprising three pivoted doors, the gas controlling valves being located on one end wall and the enamel on the other end wall being protected from heat damage by a cool air intake passage along its inner face. The production of a gas range embodying these and other features, hereinafter' more specically described and all cooperating to produce a superior range of greater eiiiciency and more attractive appearance, comprises a further object of the invention.

These and other features of the invention will be best understood and appreciated from the following description of a preferred embodiment thereof selected for purposes of illustration and shown in the accompanying drawings in-which: Fig. 1 is a front elevation of my improved cooking range, portions thereof being broken away,

Figs. 2 and 3 are elevations of the two ends thereof,

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the gas burner section of the range,

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional View through the oil burner section taken on line 5--5v of Fig. 2,

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary sectional View taken on line 6-6 of Fig. l,

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary perspective View of the oil burner section,

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary perspective View of the base and a cooperating portion of the oil burner section, the latter being shown as lifted from the position of Fig. 6, and

Fig. 9 is a perspective rear View of the base.

My improved cookinglrange embodies a boxlike base I0 and a body I2, the body comprising an oil burner section I4 and a gas burner section I5. The base is constructed of sheet metal and has front and end walls I6 and lI8 and a rear wall or connecting piece I9, the edges of the walls being bent over to provide strengthening and connecting anges as illustrated in Fig. 9. The front and end walls ofthe base and body are substantially plane and the exterior faces thereof are enameled, and the body is so mounted on the base that their exterior faces are in alignment whereby providing'a symmetrical and pleasing unit. The entire front face portion of the body comprises three pivoted doors 2D, 2| land 22 and the gas controlling valves 24 are located on the end Wall of the gas burner section I5.

The oil burner section has a burner chamber 26 and a baking oven 21, two oil burners 28 being mounted within the burner chamber. The

' oil burners and the lighter, disclosed in my Patent No, 2,183,273, dated December 12, 1939, are controlled from a front panel 36 normally covered by the door 2B, the oven being normally closed by the door 2|. The outer face of the outer end wall 32 of the section I4 is enameled and considerable chipping thereof has heretofore been caused by heat from the re box. I have herein eliminated this trouble by providing a cool air intake passage along the inner face of this wall. This passage is formed by mounting a U-shaped baille plate 33 on studs 34 and spaced from the inner face of the wall, the passage being closed at its top end and open at its bottoml end adjacent to the bottom of the burner chamber. Cool air is drawn in through a row of side openings 36 and passage of this air downwardly keeps the outer wall cool and prevents damage to the enamel, the air also being preheated as itpasses into the burner chamber.

The sections I4 and I5 are constructed to engage each other at their inner ends and the weight of such ends is supported on a bridge .in the form of a relatively heavy casting 38. The ends of the bridge are supported on and bolted to the front and rear walls of the base. The top edge of the base is bent over inwardly to U-shape and the front end of the bridge is attached to the inner leg of the U, all as illustrated in Fig. 6, thereby leaving the front and top faces of the base free and unimpaired, A flange with two lugs 39 thereon extends longitudinally of the bridge and a third lug 40 projects upwardly from the front end of the bridge. A downwardly extending rib 42 and 43 extends around the bottom edge of the section I4 and two abutments or lugs 44 are formed on the bottom thereof in position to engage the lugs 39. When the section iskmounted on the base the rib portion 43 engages the bridge between the lug 4D and the end 45 of the bridge thereby locating and holding the section transversely of the base. The lugs 39 in like manner engage the bottom of the section I4 between the lugs 44 and the forwardly-rearwardly extending portion of the rib 42 thereby locating the section longitudinally of the base. Thus the inner end of the section I4 is accurately positioned transversely and longitudinally of the base and is rmly supported on the bridge 33 which bridge also serves to tie the front and rear walls of the base together. In Fig. 8 the section I4 is shown Vas resting on its end 32 whereby to show the bottom portion which engages the bridge 38.

The top plate 46 of the section I4 terminates short of the inner end of this section at 41 and has provided integral therewith an outwardly and upwardly extending rib 48. The top plate G of the section I5 extends a corresponding distance beyond the inner end of this section at 52 and has a downwardly extending rib 54 adapted to drop over and interlock with the rib 48 across substantially the whole width of the stove and in a manner locating and supporting the section I5 on the section I4 with their top plates in usli relation. The section I5 has a ange or sleeve 5.6 extending downwardly from its bottom and of a size to nt telescopically within the base, this sleeve aiding to locate and support the section w I5 relative to the base. The weight of the section I5 is taken primarily by the section I4 at the rib 48 and at a relatively right angular rib 58 against which the section I5 hangs, the section I5 also abutting directly against the section I- i I4 at 60. When the two sections are thus assembled on the base they form a unit together with the base.

It will now be apparent that I have produced a combination oil-gas range embodying novel and superior features of construction. The different sections can be economically manufacturedand shipped as independent units and can be conveniently assembled in position where the ranges are to be used. The base portion is of extremely simple and inexpensive design and the bridge 38 cooperatingly therewith reinforces the base to provide rigid and substantial support for the range body. The construction and assembly of the oil and gas sections I4 and I5 also add substantially to the practicability of the range as will be understood. Furthermore, the provision of closure doors across the entire front of the range body, the mounting of the gas controlling valves on one end of the body and the protecting of the enamel from the heat of the oil burning nre box all contribute to the end of producing a superior product.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A sectional cooking range comprising a boxlike base, a body comprising an oil burner section and a gas burner section, means for locating and supporting the oil burner section on one end portion of the base,- and means for removably locating and supporting the gas burner section superposed over the remaining end portion of the base and juxtaposed against the oil bluner section, the last named means including interlocking elements integral with one section and shaped to drop into interlocking engagement with complementary elements integral with the other section for locating and anchoring the gas burner section on and relative to the oil burner section.

2. A sectional cooking range comprising a boxlike base, a body on the base comprising an oil burner section and a gas burner section each having a top plate, the top plate of the oil burner section extending short of the inner end of such section, the top plate of the gas burner section extending a corresponding distance beyond the inner end of such section, and means carried by the oil burner section and said extending portion of the top plate of the gas burner section for coengaging to locate and anchor the gas burner section on the oil burner section with the tcp plate ofthe gas burner section overlapping the oil burner section and the two top plates in flush relation.

3. A sectional cooking range comprising a boxlikebase and a burner body in two juxtaposed A sections thereon, the top plate of one section extending short of the end thereof adjacent to the other section thereby leaving a gap and the top plate of said other section extending a oorresponding distance beyond its corresponding end and lling the gap, and interlocking means carried by the two sections at the gap for locating and anchoring the two sections together in predetermined relation.

4. 'Ihe range donned in claim 3 in which the interlocking means includes flanges extending longitudinally and transversely of the range and locating and anchoring the two sections both longitudinally and transversely.

5. A sectional cooking range comprising a boxlike base and a burner-carrying body thereon, the top edge of the front wall of the base being bent over inwardly to U-shape, a bridge piece extending transversely across the base between the front and rear walls thereof and having its ends supported on such walls, the front end of the bridge piece being attached to the inner leg of the U formed at the Wall of theybase, `and means including upwardly directed lugs carried by the bridge piece and cooperating shoulders on the burner-.carrying body for locating and supporting said body in predetermined position on the base.

6. A sectional cooking range comprising aboxlike base andra burner carrying body thereon, a bridge piece extending transversely across the base between the front and rear walls thereof and having its ends supported on such walls, and means including upwardly directed and longitudinally and transversely extending lugs carried by the bridge piece and cooperatingshoulders on the body for locating and supporting the body in predetermined position longitudinally and transversely on the base.

EUGENE L. BAKER. 

